Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Mental Health Practitioner - MHIST - Secondment
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Mental Health Practitioner
We are looking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner to join the Mental Health Intensive Support Team (MhIST), an award-winning and forward-thinking intensive community mental health rehabilitation service.
This is a 12-month fixed-term post to cover maternity leave.
About the Role
MhIST is a recovery-orientated service that offers specialist assessment, intervention, and support to individuals with complex mental health needs across Cheshire & Wirral. Using the principles of dialogical practice, the MhIST multidisciplinary team works alongside patients and their families and social networks, with a focus on meaningful rehabilitation goals, supporting the individual to work towards their vision of recovery.
Key Responsibilities
- Work intensively with a small cohort of patients experiencing a range of complex mental health needs, providing a high level of value-orientated care.
- Demonstrate excellent skills in risk management, adaptive care planning, and communication skills, with a genuine attitude of care, hope, and commitment.
- Work alongside a multidisciplinary team to support a holistic and need-adapted approach to community rehabilitation.
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Professional Development
As a service, we value professional development, and as such, provide many opportunities for ongoing learning, including quarterly team training days and protected reflective spaces. We would welcome applicants from a variety of professional disciplines, including Nursing, Occupational Therapy, and Social Work.
About Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP)
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health, and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.
- Employs around 4,500 staff across 73 sites
- Services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool, and Stockport
- Aim: To help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do
- Rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall
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Commitment to Inclusivity
As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation, and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences. We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.
Induction
All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks of training to support you to meet the induction/initial training requirements of the role.
Contact Information
For further details/informal visits, contact:
- Name: Samantha Webster
- Job Title: Team Manager
- Email Address: samantha.webster3@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 01244 393229
Assistance for Neurodivergent Applicants
If you consider yourself Neurodivergent and need help to complete your application form, please contact cwp.recruitment@nhs.net or telephone 01244 393100.
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